Computer Engineering, VLSI, and Circuits

Person standing next to computers

Computer Engineering, VLSI, and Circuits is one of the seven areas in which ECE faculty conduct research. Our faculty conduct research in areas such as Stochastic Computing, Biological Computing Systems, Parallel Computing, High Performance Computing, Energy Efficient Computing, Computer Architecture, Performance Evaluation, VLSI Computer-Aided Design (CAD), FPGAs, Analog and Digital VLSI Design. Their research on topics that straddle the spectrum from the applied to the theoretical with very wide ranging impacts helps foster strong connections and collaborations with experts in other departments and centers at the University, as well as institutions across the country and the world.

Photograph of Professor Kia Bazargan
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of the Co-op Program and Leroy and Ruth Fingerson Co-op Professor
4-159 Kenneth H. Keller Hall
Kevin Cao wearing a dark polo smiling into camera
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
5-131 Kenneth H. Keller Hall
Photograph of Professor Vladimir Cherkassky
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
6-111 Kenneth H. Keller Hall
Changhyun Choi headshot
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
5-157 Kenneth H. Keller Hall
Professor Ramesh Harjani
Edgar F. Johnson Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
4-165 Kenneth H. Keller Hall
Ulya Karpuzcu headshot
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
4-155 Kenneth H. Keller Hall
Professor Chris Kim
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Louis John Schnell Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
4-161 Kenneth H. Keller Hall
Professor Keshab Parhi
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Erwin A. Kelen Chair in Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
6-181 Kenneth H. Keller Hall
Professor Marc Riedel
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
4-167 Kenneth H. Keller Hall
Sachin Sapatnekar
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Robert and Marjorie Henle Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
4-153 Kenneth H. Keller Hall
Professor John Sartori
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
4-163 Kenneth H. Keller Hall
Professor Gerald Sobelman
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
4-157 Kenneth H. Keller Hall
Professor Yahya Tousi
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
6-123 Kenneth H. Keller Hall
Yang (Katie) Zhao standing outdoors in a blue blouse and sweater smiling into the camera
Assistant Professor (will join ECE in Jan. 2024)
4-174 Kenneth H. Keller Hall

Affiliate Faculty

Professor David Du

David Du

Professor
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
4-225B Keller Hall
612-625-2560
du@umn.edu
Research Site

Professor Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos

Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos

Professor
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
5-201 Keller Hall
612-625-0163
npapas@umn.edu
Research Site

East Bank across the campus

Stergios Roumeliotis

Professor
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
5-189 Keller Hall
612-626-7507
stergios@umn.edu
Research Site

Professor Pen-Chung Yew

Pen-Chung Yew

Professor
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
6-225C Keller Hall
612-625-7387
Research Site

Associate Professor Antonia Zhai

Antonia Zhai

Associate Professor
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
6-205 Keller Hall
612-626-1285
Research Site